Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANGEINOR

LLANGEINOR, a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan; on the rivers Ogmore and Garw, 5 miles N by E of Bridgend r. station. It contains the villages of Abergarw, Newmill, and Roughmill; and its Post town is Bridgend. Acres, 6,710. Real property, £1,395. Pop, 363. Houses, 75. Coal, iron, and limestone abound. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £71. Patron,R. M. Talbot, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Gwinear. Charities, £12.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llangeinwyr AP/CP       Bridgend and Cowbridge RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Llangeinwyr

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